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Mrs. Ruppert from Blacksburg, VA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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3-D Builders in Pre-K

Help me give my students new blocks and building materials to allow them to explore engineering and math skills through play!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Ruppert's classroom raised $691

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are 18 eager four-year-olds who crave learning opportunities with hands-on materials which they have not been exposed to previously.

Learning through discovery is very important for all preschool students.

The Preschool program at PFES seeks to improve academic achievement among our state's at-risk four-year-olds.

Risk factors include economic need, developmental problems, homelessness, and family stressors such as limited education and incarceration. Because of these family challenges, my students typically have not had the same learning opportunities prior to beginning school as their peers have. As a result, they struggle with the educational process from the start. These children are eager to learn and begin Kindergarten equipped with skills equivalent to those of their peers. The Pre-K classroom plan takes children on a journey through the alphabet, studying a different letter each week. Social studies and science lessons are woven into this structure. Each day it is important for my Pre-K students to engage in hands-on activities such as cooking, building, painting, modeling with play-dough, and role play.

My Project

Blocks are the epitome of open-ended materials. They allow a child to express their own creativity while making designs, constructions and sculptures. Blocks require a child to think creatively, problem solve, negotiate and invent. They learn about concepts of balance, stability and symmetry through trial and error as they construct their buildings. Through blocks, the children are learning to share and are learning to manage frustrations.

Blocks also encourage a child to think 3-dimensionally, especially with the addition of a mirror, blocks teach children about angles, height and perspective.

Every child plays with blocks in their own unique way and has therefore developed their own unique understanding of how blocks work. The realistic rocks and bricks will give the children different materials to create with, making their creations come to life.

The bamboo channels add a safe way for children to create ramps, bridges, and tunnels.

Mrs. Ruppert Price's Fork Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Blacksburg, VA View local requests

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

18 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Brick, Blocks, and Rock Builders • Kaplan Early Learning Company $494.96 1 $494.96
Bamboo Channels • Kaplan Early Learning Company $53.96 1 $53.96

Materials cost

$548.92

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.23

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$587.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$103.61

Total project goal

$690.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $690.76

5 Donors

-$421.00

Donations toward project cost

-$357.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$63.15

match offer

-$269.76

Match offer toward project cost

-$229.30

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.46

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 $0.00

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